A number of exciting social events have been lined up in 2020 for Liverymen, Freemen and Guests to enjoy. Click here for details of this year’s main events and to add directly to your diary. To reserve your place or if you’d like to know more about any of the events before you book, please email our Clerk Virginia...Read More
At the recent Installation Ceremony, Dame Fiona Woolf DBE, DL was installed as the new Master of Worshipful Company of Builders’ Merchants (WCoBM). An Honorary Court member of WCoBM, Fiona is no stranger to the merchant Livery! In 2013 Fiona became the 686th Lord Mayor of London, only the second woman to hold the office...Read More
Our Master Pippa Latham was in good company on the industry panel at the inaugural ‘Women In Industry’ conference. Organised by NMBS Finance Director Julie Langford to promote diversity and inclusion in our sector, the panel included Glynis Catterson of S&A Builders Merchants and Samantha Hanks of Cembrit. The conference, hosted by TV presenter Georgie...Read More
We hosted our annual City & Awards luncheon this year at Grocers’ Hall in London. Nearly 150 members and guests came together to celebrate the achievements of individuals in the industry and within organisations the Company supports in training and education through its charitable fund. Prize winners for this year’s BMF students were Ryan Edwards...Read More
For 2019 the Master has organised a number of exciting social events for Liverymen, Freemen and Guests. The events cover a broad range of interests so there is something for everyone! Highlights include a Day at Newbury Races, Supper on HQS Wellington and a spectacular evening enjoying the Horse Guards Parade. Not forgetting of course,...Read More
In the summer WCoBM and its members contributed generously and supported a significant project organised by Build Up – a charitable organisation that runs practical construction projects for young people aged 6-20 to design and build structures in some of London’s most deprived communities. Set up in 2014, Build Up is giving young people...Read More
A varied and fascinating weekend was arranged this year for the Master’s weekend, revealing the splendours of the North East. Beautiful sunshine and an England win in the World Cup was the icing on the cake! Durham Cathedral With record numbers of over 70 members, partners and guests attending, the weekend started Friday evening...Read More
The Master has organised a number of exciting social events for Liverymen, Freemen and Guests to enjoy in 2018. The events cover a broad range of interests so there is something for everyone! Highlights include the Master’s weekend in Durham, and a visit to Neasden Temple and York Races in May. Click here for details...Read More
On 22nd April, the Master was delighted to welcome the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress to his home town of Stratford-upon-Avon for the annual Shakespeare Birthday Celebrations. Watched by thousands, the day begins with a colourful procession of hundreds of people around the town including civic dignitaries, diplomats, representatives of the theatre and literary worlds,...Read More
A number of Liverymen and Freemen were invited to the launch party of Virginia Rounding’s latest book The Burning Time at St. Sepulchre-without-Newgate on 20th April. An established author Virginia is an established writer, author of biographies of Catherine the Great, Tsar Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra, and of Grandes Horizontales, a study of French...Read More
